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Old 02-09-2004, 04:35 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Dell are only good computers if you wants something equivalent to P2, because at their advertising price they sell stuff that can't really do too good. For example, they give 128 MB shared RAM - not very good. Shouldyou try to do any modification - just to raise it to 256, the price jumps to twice as much.

HP on the other hand are very consistent. This summer I got a HP Notebook with 512 RAM 2.66 P4, 60GB HDD, and a 64MB vcard, for $1700. When I tried getting something similar on dell it ended up being over $2100.
I know many people hate HP's and Compaq's, but I think all they need is just a little customization, and they'll work fine, particularly Compaq's. They work best with AMD's 1800+ and 512RAM at least.
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Old 02-09-2004, 06:33 AM   #12 (permalink)
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i disagree on what you say about dell. dell is a company where you get what you pay for, literally!

HP makes descent notebooks and the desktops are "ok" for a first tier company. however, in my honest opinion they aren't of very high quality (the desktops, that is).

compaq lukily was aquired (or did they merge) by HP and since has raised the bar to where HP stands. older compaq desktops were horrible and nearly impossible to work on. i haven't actually had the chance to a compaq notebook, so i really can't comment on that part of there product line.
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Old 02-15-2004, 09:38 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Hey you forgot that wonderfull Dell support that comes straight from India
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Old 02-15-2004, 11:35 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Hey you forgot that wonderfull Dell support that comes straight from India
so? india has some of the most highly qualified IT professionals in the world! seriously...
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Old 02-29-2004, 04:37 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Lol! Yeah - India is pretty well off for Computer specialists.

I'd have to go for Dell - HP make nice Printers and Ok Scanners; but they should have stopped there!
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Old 03-03-2004, 03:02 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Okay, I want a bottom line opinion on this. Which computer company would you suggest buying from? HP, Dell, Gateway, Mac?
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Old 03-12-2004, 11:07 PM   #17 (permalink)
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An XP2500 will work great for gaming. The only problem you might run into is games that require the extra instructions written into Pentium 3/4's.
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neither. toshiba, fujitsu and sony r the best!
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Old 04-22-2004, 03:26 AM   #19 (permalink)
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...its an athalon 2500+ im guessing
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Old 04-22-2004, 03:28 AM   #20 (permalink)
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i say dell and hp suck... get some machine made a by a selling company ... ure local computer stores sometimes have good prices
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